Weeknote #12 (20241117-20241123)

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We’re very much easing into the winter holidays/end-of-the-year phase around here, and I’m not at all unhappy about it.

did

  • At work this week, I finalized my work on the yellow-fever dataset, which felt good. (There’s a link in the PR to look at a preview version of the changes.)
  • We had the November Hack Salem meeting on Wednesday, with a nice talk about The Well-Architected Cloud
  • I arranged for a local knife sharpener to come out and tune up all of our knives; was pleased I could get that done right before the big cooking season starts

read

  • I’m continuing to grind my way through City of Roses Vol I; looking forward to getting to the end of it

listened

  • Great new acoustic version of “That Much Further West” from Ben and Rick — one of my all-time favorite Lucero songs, and I love the piano bits in this version

watched

  • We’re continuing to binge our way through NCIS in the evenings — up to season 19 and still trying to adjust to Bill Frickin’ Lumbergh being in change of the team
  • I’m still watching Criminal Minds when rowing; up to season 6
  • This was a soccer-heavy weekend, with the NWSL championship on Saturday (congrats Orlando!), followed up a Western Conference semi-final between Seattle and LAFC

cooked

  • wangs (tuesday)
  • tombo (thursday; basically this recipe again, but served on a bed of spinach this time)
  • steak (friday)

photo

"Have I mentioned recently how much I love my gym?"

(That’s Catalyst Community Fitness y’all)

looking forward to

I realize it comes with a lot of baggage for people, for a wide variety of reasons, but Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday by far, and I’m really looking forward to spending a day preparing a delicious meal, enjoying it with family and friends, and then doing absolutely nothing for an entire long weekend.